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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lush  \Lush\,  a.  [Prob.  an  abbrev.  of  lushious,  fr  luscious.] 
  Full  of  juice  or  succulence.  --Tennyson. 
 
  How  lush  and  lusty  the  grass  looks!  how  green!  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lush  \Lush\,  n.  [Etymol  uncertain;  said  to  be  fr  Lushington 
  name  of  a  London  brewer.] 
  Liquor,  esp.  intoxicating  liquor;  drink.  [Slang] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lush 
  adj  1:  produced  or  growing  in  extreme  abundance;  "their  riotous 
  blooming"  [syn:  {exuberant},  {luxuriant},  {profuse},  {riotous}] 
  2:  characterized  by  extravagance  and  profusion;  "a  lavish 
  buffet";  "a  lucullan  feast"  [syn:  {lavish},  {lucullan},  {plush}, 
  {plushy}] 
  3:  full  of  juice;  "lush  fruits";  "succulent  roast  beef"; 
  "succulent  plants  with  thick  fleshy  leaves"  [syn:  {succulent}] 
  n  :  a  person  who  drinks  alcohol  to  excess  habitually  [syn:  {alcoholic}, 
  {dipsomaniac},  {boozer},  {soaker},  {souse}]




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